The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-02-05


Stephenson mine has not been sold, as
was reported.
II is said there is only one man in this
whole great mining country, that can
distinguish Bessemer from non Bessem-
er ore by simply looking atit. Hisnamc
is Floyd and hc is n resident of the Mar
quite Range.
Indications are that vast amount Of
exploratory work will be done in the inn
mediate vicinity OF Crystal Falls during
the present year. Experienced explorers
are in good demand and from allappear-.
ances, next summer will be the best one
this Range ever saw, this end of il more
particularly.
The ore from Luke Welch's find on Sec
ton twenty-one, township forty-thec,
range thirty-two, is OF SO hard nature
that il will cut glass. A miner who
worked ON the property tells the writer
that il required two hammers going con
tinually for four hour, 20 drill "a twofoot
hole in the ore. A specimen can be seenat
this office.
We predict that within three years orc
will be shipped from Manistique. Our
harbor is open one month earlier in the
spring and keeps open weeks later than
any other port at this end Of the lake,
and railroad men know IT, Intact, there
are but few days in the year that vessels
can not enter or depart from this point.
We are ssldom blockadcd 10y ice.-Man-
istique Pioneer.
The United States geological survey
has recently issued report on the min
eral resources OF the United States for
1885. The total mineral product is val
ued at S42S. .521 1906, an increase of Si5.-
BOG. sos over 1884 From the present
outlook, says the report, il is probable
that the total output Of 1856 will prove
much greater than 1885 and even greater
than the prosperous year OF 1882.
Messrs. sheldon and Dunn have got ~
mine ON section twenty-one, township
forty-threc, range thirty-two, II the
writer's observation serves him rightly.
An out-cropping was found ON the hill
and these gentlemen began the sinking OF
a test pit about one hundred feet east of
il, which hns been lowered thirty-hvc feet,
fourteen OF which are in ore. Another
shaft has been commenced one hundred
feet south of the out-crop. The ore is n
soft hematitc. Several more pits have
been put down until reaching the ledge.
II is impossible 60 determine the dip of
the vein, as il has i'm each pit different
dip, the formation b,ine in n very irreg,l-
lar condition. The width, depth nor
length has not yet been defined.
Explorations on section twenty-five,
township forty-thrcc, range th;rty-two,
the Gogcbic Mining Co.'S, are progressing
about AZ usual. The writer visited the
property and was kindly shown about
by Captain Weber, in charge. No less
than thirty pits have been put down az
various points along the formation aud
fourteen Of them are i'm ore. The fotmn-
ton has AN east and west course and Is
very much contorted. Sufficient work
has been done Co prove that there Is ore
IN quantity there, but il lies deep. Both
walls have been found md there iaannv-
crage of one hundred and twcnty-ivaieet,
between them, showing that the vein whcn
found in place, will bea large one. Six feet
below the surface Lies a layer Of az pretty
blue ore as one wants Co see, thisis how
ever, only six feot deep, when mixtun
OF limestone and slate is encountered.
This formation gradually disappears and
lean ore IL found, which improves as
depth is attained. At present none of
the pits are over forty feet deep far the
reason that at that depth water IN
reached and that puts AN end To further
lowering Several oi the deeper pitsar In
ore rcofamarketablequality Aboilerand
pump will be probably moved onto the
property in a week or ten days, when the
workings viii, no doubt, bc shown up for
all they are worth. A notable feature
Of the ore taken out Of the bottom ofthe
deeper pits, Is it's being slightly mixed
with limestone, which comes 20 good nc
count for iluSing in smelling theproduct.
Explorations were commenced In June
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